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Am I correct that the difference between this disorder you are refering to
and the kind appropriate to entropy is this:
A single pack of cards in a particular sequence can be "disordered",
while to talk about entropy you need an ensemble of sequences.
I'm not sure I've said that well. What I'm trying to suggest is that
entropy (one kind of disorder) applies when a system is changing between
many microstates. A second kind of disorder is when a system is in a
single, unorganized microstate. Are you are concerned about students
making a distinction between these two kinds of disorder?
Or is there a third (, fourth...) kind of disorder that I'm missing and
that muddies the waters further?